Sunday, 16 November 2008

Tax & wills - Inheritance tax - This is Money



One positive factor that has emerged from the gloom of the economic turmoil is that it has presented a prize opportunity to mitigate inheritance tax. The collapse in the value of ...
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A Safety Board for Hedge Funds - New York Times

A Safety Board for Hedge Funds
New York Times, United States - Nov 14, 2008
By Joe Nocera Although it received almost no mention in the media, a panel of academic witnesses preceded the five hedge fund billionaires who appeared ...
Economic Crisis Hot Docs: US, Europe, Japan in Recession, Summit ... U.S. News & World Report
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City jobless figures fall - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
THE number of jobless people in Peterborough slipped last month bucking the national trend. While new figures show the number of people without jobs across Britain has soared from ...
Source: www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk

Not all gloom where once was boom
Those investing in property in recent years whose main aim was to ensure they bought in places with fast-rising price...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-05 10:32 UPDATE 2-Liberty Intl doubles provisions for failed retailers (Interactive Investor)



By Sinead Cruise
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Fundamentalist view: Investors have a window into the future - Daily Telegraph
Profits are falling, house prices are tumbling and for all intents and purposes, the British economy is in recession. If times are getting tougher for businesses, surely the stock ...
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Brickmakers lay off hundreds of workers - Guardian Unlimited
Britain's biggest brickmakers have laid off more than 1,200 workers and started to send home hundreds more on a temporary basis as the housing crisis takes its toll on the supplies ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mervyn King, King Canute, Has Finally Given In As the Tide of Economic Slowdown Washes Over Him
We gave Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, the title of King Canute around a year ago in return for hi...
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Saturday, 15 November 2008

More cuts on the way?



When the Bank of England's monetary policy committee voted to cut interest rates by 1.5 per cent last week, s...
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Sunshine state provides hope for US property
Those thinking of investing in property in the US will have good reason to feel optimistic right now, at least accord...
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Today's hot news: invest in bargain bricks and mortar - Evening Standard
Brown signals tax cuts to help hard-hit families Agents say cut will kick-start house market Banks finally shamed into 1.5 per cent rate cuts THE sensible response to the Bank of ...
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A Safety Board for Hedge Funds - New York Times



New York Times, United States - Nov 14, 2008
By Joe Nocera Although it received almost no mention in the media, a panel of academic witnesses preceded the five hedge fund billionaires who appeared ...
Economic Crisis Hot Docs: US, Europe, Japan in Recession, Summit ... U.S. News & World Report
all 2 news articles

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Euro boost for France and Cyprus
The last few weeks have seen some dramatic events in the realm of monetary policy. Not content with joining other cen...
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Bank Of England Accepts That house prices Are Important
Charlie Bean, the Bank of England's deputy Governor said six months ago that there was little link between h...
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Friday, 14 November 2008

Bank Of England Accepts That House Prices Are Important



Charlie Bean, the Bank of England's deputy Governor said six months ago that there was little link between h...
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Banks Forced to Lose Money by the Chancellor
A completely unreported effect of the Chancellor's demands that banks pass on the full 1.5% base rate drop o...
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The heat is on for overseas investors
For those keen on investing in overseas property, the market being served may vary. In France, for example, some will...
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Hedge firm RAB reduces funds by a third - guardian.co.uk

Daily Mail

Hedge firm RAB reduces funds by a third
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
RAB provides a rare insight into the calamity facing hedge funds. Unlike many of its rivals it is forced to make public disclosures about its financial ...
RAB Capital shuts 12 hedge funds as assets flee Times Online
RAB Capital closes funds Reuters
Investors withdraw funds Telegraph.co.uk
MyFinances.co.uk - London Stock Exchange
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Hedge Funds: Scrutiny OK, But Not Too Much - TheStreet.com

New York Times

Hedge Funds: Scrutiny OK, But Not Too Much
TheStreet.com - Nov 13, 2008
But the tides soon turned, as the market left few stocks or other investments unpunished, and hedge funds started buckling under the weight of the economic ...
Hedge funds to be 'decimated' by financial crisis ABC Online
'Hedge funds will be decimated' CNNMoney.com
Soros warns 'hedge funds will be decimated' Times Online
Reuters - Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Tax & wills - Inheritance tax - This is Money



One positive factor that has emerged from the gloom of the economic turmoil is that it has presented a prize opportunity to mitigate inheritance tax. The collapse in the value of ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Forced convergence of China and US - bbc
So how much of the US economy, the home of free enterprise, will end up being nationalised or bailed out by the state during the current economic crisis? So far we've seen banks ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

GO EAST - New York Post
If you'd been on a deserted island for the past year - and hadn't heard terms like "housing bubble," "credit crunch" and "Wall Street meltdown" - you might have thought all was ...
Source: www.nypost.com

City jobless figures fall - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
THE number of jobless people in Peterborough slipped last month bucking the national trend. While new figures show the number of people without jobs across Britain has soared from ...
Source: www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk

The heat is on for overseas investors



For those keen on investing in overseas property, the market being served may vary. In France, for example, some will...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Now it makes sense to buy property - This is Money
The editor of the Evening Standard's Homes & Property pages, and arch property optimist, Janice Morley says now is the time to take your savings out of the banks and put it into ...
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Investment Column: The downturn may still hit Segro eventually - The Independent
On the face of it, the property investment and letting group Segro's market update yesterday was encouraging: the Reit let double the amount of space in the third quarter compared ...
Source: www.independent.co.uk

Forced convergence of China and US - bbc
So how much of the US economy, the home of free enterprise, will end up being nationalised or bailed out by the state during the current economic crisis? So far we've seen banks ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk